I suck at making decisions on later streets

[Silly String]

Villain is 29/15 with low agg factor < 1
I play bad. Tips?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG ($97.75)
Hero ($48.80)
CO ($41.70)
Button ($61.20)
SB ($79)
BB ($49.30)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 7, 7.
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2, 4 folds, UTG calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.75) 6, 3, 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.5, UTG calls $3.50.

Turn: ($11.75) 5 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $7.5, UTG calls $7.50.

River: ($26.75) 8 (2 players)
UTG bets $15, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $41.75

[bigslikk]

Take my opinion as a grain of salt but:

1. I think you played fine, yes by the river it becomes obvious he was slowplaying (flopped set methinks)
2. Pair is no good, BB showed strength on the flop, too much for it to be a straight draw... I would bet he either flopped top two pair or rivered it. Turn call is reasonable; his bet seems somewhat weak. On the river, there's nothing that you're beating. Q7 ? AT? doubt it.

[Silly String]

Take my opinion as a grain of salt but:

1. I think you played fine, yes by the river it becomes obvious he was slowplaying (flopped set methinks)
2. Pair is no good, BB showed strength on the flop, too much for it to be a straight draw... I would bet he either flopped top two pair or rivered it. Turn call is reasonable; his bet seems somewhat weak. On the river, there's nothing that you're beating. Q7 ? AT? doubt it.

Sorry, I had to move that hand to another thread:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-49902.htm

[andy-akb]

PF is fine, on the flop I am most likely checking behind. If we are betting this flop, I think I am going to probably check behind the turn. If we check the flop, I am going to bet the turn. As played, the river is definitely a fold.

Also, start include the number of hands your stats are over.

[Silly String]

You would check this flop Andy? I c-bet most flops. Shouldn't I c-bet here for consistency? I'm usually ahead here plus there are a lot of draws out there.
On the turn, I feel ahead here as the villain is likely to float with overs. I also picked up a OESD, so I want to keep the pressure on and build the pot. I obviously fold to a turn CR.
Now did that river really help him or did he just bluff me off my "overpair" with his missed flush draw?

[Warpe]

...did he just bluff me off my "overpair" with his missed flush draw?

Don't get into the habit of thinking this at these stakes. "He must be bluffing" syndrome will kill your winrate. His AF says "not a chance". He likely made trips here.

[freechus9]

Why is checking the flop better than betting it? C-bets will have a high probability of getting a fold, it wont give a free card to the flush/straight draw, and it will define our hand pretty well. When we are raised, we are beat. When we get a fold, hooray. When we get a call, well, lets try to showdown cheap. Checking behind just will let a flush draw hit, a straight draw hit, will let overcards hit. And the bluffs we induce by checking the flop will make any turn decision harder in my opinion.

[zook]

Some reasons not to c-bet are that you're only folding hands you're ahead of, your hand has showdown value, and you may induce a turn bet from worse hands. I usually c-bet here b/c you probably have the best hand, and a lot of cards on the turn can come that will make you question that. But since villain is so passive, a turn bluff seems unlikely, so I actually like a flop check. As played, check behind turn.

[nutsinho]

First of all, bet this flop 85% of the time

On the turn, I feel ahead here as the villain is likely to float with overs. I also picked up a OESD, so I want to keep the pressure on and build the pot. I obviously fold to a turn CR.

this is all wrong. Players are never likely to float out of position with nothing but overcards to a low flop. Picking up an OESD is a good reason to check behind, not bet again. You said you obviously fold to a turn CR. So you lose bigtime when you bet and fold to a raise. You have both a lot of outs to a strong hand and a hand with clear but not strong showdown value. In other words, by keeping the pot small and showing weakness you can profitably call a river bet, even a relatively big one, because youve often induced a bluff. Also, when he was planning to check-raise the turn and you disappointed him by checking behind, you can win a big bet from him when you hit a straight on the river against his set or two pair.

[dsaxton]

Checking the flop misses value, and gives a free card for absolutely no reason. The turn is probably a bet as well, especially after picking up a straight draw. River looks like an easy fold against a passive opponent.

I also think that marginal value bets like this are an important part of a balanced long-term strategy. That is to say, we aren't only betting here with "strong" hands.

[Genitruc]

looks to me like he has a boat or nothing

if you've never seen him bluff missed hands (whiffed spades here I suppose) OOP then it's a fold.

[Genitruc]

also

what do 29/15 ppl usually limp-call UTG with?

[UG]

you played this fine

[benny999]

I like checking the turn more and re-eval the river, but otherwise it looks good. I think the flop is ok to mix up but usually I'd just bet it.

btw, my guess is he had like 98s, wasn't sure it was good so tried check-calling down, then hit trips and tried to make a hard decision for you. OR he missed a flush draw, but that seems less likely because of his river bet size.

[gabe]

how many hands do yuo have on him? it takes alot to get an idea of aggro factor. i usually call river.

[donkbee]

I hate it when three really good players all say to do different things on different streets for the same hand. I get so confused ...

[Silly String]

also

what do 29/15 ppl usually limp-call UTG with?

Low SC's, most SG's, Axs, Kxs, or possibly 22-55.

how many hands do yuo have on him? it takes alot to get an idea of aggro factor. i usually call river.

Not very many, probably not a good indicator. First time we've sat together. 40 hands or so.